2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (327+ words) Credit: Luis Mu'oz / ESPOL The study focuses on a technology that is less common than lithium ion batteries: vanadium redox flow batteries (VRB). Unlike other alternatives, these batteries stand out for their long service life, high scalability, and ability to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (352+ words) Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Poly U) have developed a dual-defect suppression strategy, achieving record-breaking luminescence in lead-free quantum materials, opening new possibilities for advanced optoelectronic applications. Lead-free perovskite nanomaterials are regarded as safer and more environmentally friendly alternatives…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (914+ words) As researchers seek better batteries beyond today's lithium-ion technology, black phosphorus is drawing growing attention as a high-capacity anode material for lithium-, sodium-, and potassium-ion storage. A new Science Bulletin review examines both the promise and the practical barriers of…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (65+ words) Mohite lab (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Faiz Mandani, a Rice doctoral alum and co-author on the study, helped develop a degradation unit to simulate exposure to heat and irradiance in order to test how devices built from the new perovskite films…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (149+ words) Standard perovskite solar cells perform very well during the summer months, even over several years, but decline in efficiency during the darker months. image: The team has set up a unique measuring station on the roof of a research building…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (683+ words) A new study published in Materials Futures'reveals critical insights into the degradation mechanism of scalable, wideband gap perovskite solar cells, a key component for the next generation tandem solar technologies. Researchers from imec, Hasselt University, and Ghent University in Belgium…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (294+ words) image: INL's research helps secure the national supply chain for critical materials like Tantalum, which is used in turbines on fighter jets. view more From satellites and surveillance systems to precision-guided munitions and fighter jet engines, critical materials are at…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (485+ words) ORNL to demonstrate dynamic boundaries, networked microgrids with EPB image: Madhu Chinthavali, left, ORNL electric systems integration program manager, leads a tour of GRID-C for Katie Jereza, assistant secretary for DOE's Office of Electricity, and Sam Fiely, special assistant, through…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (154+ words) Schematic illustration of the hindered amine stabilization strategy (HASS) and its impact on device performance. Under illumination and oxygen exposure, photoexcited electrons in the perovskite generate superoxide radicals (O), which trigger decomposition into MA/FA species, I, and Pb I. Incorporation of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (265+ words) A promising but sensitive technology However, their mechanical stability is an issue. In particular, when confronted with strong temperature fluctuations in LEO " for example, in the range between "80 and +80 degrees Celsius " materials inside the solar cell can expand and contract…...